Death and fears

5) The fear of the passage

Future victory over death

When we do not know what life is, how can we know what death is ? Confucius

The preceding pages have studied three main fears related to the idea of ​​death *. We conclude that they will be managed by a humanity day. Let us now on another anxiety can occupy the mind of mortal man knowing, that the passage of time.

* Suffering, attachment passage, post- mortem judgment

I'm dying, the universe continues. That does not console me if I am other than the universe. But if the universe is in my soul as another body, my death ceases to be more important to me than a stranger. Simone Weil

For most of us, the unknown is a source of anxiety. It ceases to be when we understand its true nature, as expressed by Simone Weil fine.

Love the unknown, history education

Each of us has his own way of understanding the unknown. Some are drawn by him when others fear. The difference compared to the mysterious, relates to how we lived our childhood. Or more precisely how we were made to live our childhood. Education can build courage or fear, confidence or anxiety. It can give confidence in the future or the excitement instead we. It is therefore possible, protecting the earliest ages, to offer each child the confidence and courage to endure the unknown. This is what I believe will allow the gradual evolution of psychology. In a few centuries, mankind will give the best to each of his children. Death is an unknown source, the apprehension of man to so it also depends on the child received. Our philosophy, its rational and optimistic explanation is to devalue the latter source of anxiety. I do not know if it will succeed, but in any case, this is our intention. " Empty is the discourse of the philosopher if he does not cure the disease of the soul, " says Epicurus

The mechanic philosophy

An explanation. The logic of mysticism

The mystery that is the way to death, may be, as we have said, a source of anxiety. We believe the mecaniqueuniverselle, it is possible to rationally explain this point. In our view, this final stage of life, necessarily meet the state of ecstasy.
And as we still ecstatic state abolished all fear of death.

* be called bliss, ataraxia, nirvana, etc.. cultures following

Why do we die in ecstasy ?

If one refers to the experiences of sages, ascetics, monks each cultures and religions, the abandonment of all materiality of any ego, any desire, any attachment and any action inevitably leads to ecstasy. In the subliminal condition (for myself have experienced quite accidental), there is a feeling of absolute love. A feeling of fullness which total a characteristic is " the disappearance of any fear of death." If we analyze what the passage from life to death, we see that this leads to. It requires the abandonment Either materiality of any ego, any desire, any attachment and any action. From the forced detachment, the dying therefore necessarily meet the state of ecstasy. He dives into the bliss of course, absolute love, nirvana. And the principles of ecstasy, the idea of ​​death disappears from his mind..

See silent teachings of nature

The creator obviously loves his creatures. He designed man so he gradually learn detachment. When the human being correctly grasp the dumb existence teachings, he will understand why life gradually weakens. He will see it away from the externality (sight, hearing, desire gradually decreases ) in its interior... He will understand why "the good life", dear to the Greeks gradually invited to detachment and letting go... Life in its great wisdom, gently guiding us to ecstasy, so soft to the death. *

* and at the same time, he can understand the absurdity of viagra at the age of wisdom.

The mechanisms of ecstasy, bliss

Slowly in old age, our desires, our strengths, our instincts abandon us. Aging is a kind of slow depression of the ego. He drove the man, in principle, to " sophia " and contemplation. Logically, the mind of the dying, despite its strength, eventually letting go. He told his instinct that it is useless to resist its attachments. And when finally abandon instinct, a " feeling of absolute love without any fear," invaded the mind of man. So where in the Bible, Christ on the cross says these words of doubt, "Father, why hast thou forsaken me? " We can see these words as before that time to let go. Logically, then, the passage from life to the " non-life " necessarily encounter a state of absolute love and happiness that is free of fear.

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expérience

La vocation de l'humanité n'est pas la souffrance mais la joie, elle n'est pas la culpabilité du péché, mais la liberté de la jouissance réfléchie et partagée
Miguel de Unamuno